A Dragonfly in the Ointment
Dragonfly
- Location
- Marysville, California, USA
- Birthday
- March 11
- Title
- Title? No one said there would be titles!
- Company
- No, thanks, I'm a loner
- Bio
- I'm 45 years old, married for 22 of them, and the mother of 2 teenagers. I'm a software test engineer by profession, and rather geeky. I've spent almost my entire life in Northern CA.
MY RECENT POSTS
- I have a Purple Heart in the
War on the Middle Class
March 02, 2011 02:30PM - When CEOs go down in flames
August 10, 2010 10:54AM - Armed Society, Part 3, Another
One Bites the Dust
July 23, 2010 11:42AM - Update to previous Armed
Society post
May 27, 2010 11:45AM - An Armed Society is a Dumbass
Society
May 25, 2010 12:06PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Kate – I am so
sorry to hear that you are
stuck in
contracting hell.
Hang i…”
March 03, 2011 10:56PM - “You know what's really
sad? All I know about
fracking, I
learned from
watching a…”
March 03, 2011 02:02PM - “Terry – I love
that quote and have been
thinking about
it a lot
lately. All…”
March 03, 2011 01:59PM - “I knew a few governors
who need to re-learn the fable
of the
North Wind and the
S…”
March 03, 2011 12:19PM - “Bernadine - Thanks! I
hope things get better for you
too!
Scanner - It
actually lo…”
March 03, 2011 11:30AM
Dragonfly's Links
Goodbye to the Golden Schnauzer
A week ago today, one of my dogs died, and I’m having some trouble processing it.
I’ve owned dogs my entire life, so I’m no stranger to dogs passing on to the great fire hydrant in the sky. However this time was different, she died suddenly without warning, due to a… Read full post »
This post is inspired by today's column by King Kaufman on China’s full-scale retreat from their promise of being open and free for the Olympics, and the IOC’s Clintonian definition of the word “freedom”. (Less emphasis on the “free”, and more on the “dom&rdq/… Read full post »
Trying this on for size
Woo Hoo my first blog post!
I’ve thought about blogging before, but never really got the necessary gumption/motivation/narcissism going before now. I have another problem, in that my life is rather boring; so truth be told, I didn’t think anyone would read it. But with the be/… Read full post »
Dragonfly's Favorites
Updates
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Boring stories of... (OS)
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The War Whistler
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Inspiration for more comedy on Big Salon's "oy vey"
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When You're Just Killing Time--Check Out Chuck Lorre
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Is Democracy “Nearly Moot?”
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Is Freedom of Press under Attack in Montréal?
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CA Dreamer: Chicago Days:St. Anthony & Another Irish Failure
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Anorexia, the physical presentation
Salon.com